Ontario, um den Juror auf 120 USD pro Tag vom ersten Tag an zu erhöhen, nach 40 US -Dollar pro Tag nach 10 Tagen
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/ontario-to-raise-juror-pay-to-120-a-day-up-from-40-a-day-after/article_d4138f19-b28f-4714-9c21-8de210380190.html
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This is a fantastic move for justice.
I’m fortunate enough to work for an employer who pays during jury duty, but I have worked for others who don’t and the financial burden of jury duty excludes a significant portion of the population from the jury pool, resulting in a jury pool that is not representative of the community.
Personally, I’d like to see it *at least* be minimum wage for 8hrs a day, but $15/hr is a good start and a hell of a lot better than what it was before.
For comparison, jury duty in BC pays $20/day for the first 10 days. If you have to commute and pay for parking to get to jury duty, it’s very much possible that you will pay out of pocket.
> Describing it as a “long-overdue reform,” Attorney General Doug Downey announced late Thursday that people who aren’t still getting paid by their employer while serving on a jury will receive $120 a day starting on the first day of trial. The new measure takes effect Oct. 1.
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> Currently, jurors get nothing for the first 10 days of service, followed by $40 daily from days 11 to 49, and then $100 daily for day 50 and beyond — although trials of this length are rare.
That’s still a very small amount to pay people.
We don’t pay teachers particularly well, yet even [the lowest paid substitute teacher in our country gets $190/day](https://old.reddit.com/r/CanadianTeachers/comments/1no3von/substitute_teacher_pay_by_province_and_territory/).
Here’s my proposal: Have some jury trials run from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Sure, the jurors will probably be a bit tired, but lots of folks spend a good chunk of that time block sitting, watching, and listening as the natural course of the evening.
Seems reasonable to me. A person’s judgment is going to be affected if being there puts them in financial difficulty.
Until recently Quebec was the only province in Canada of which I’m aware who did jury pay correctly. It also offered a number of services for jurors, such a childcare, psychological councelling, etc.
For jurors to conduct justice properly, it is necessary that their wellbeing and financial stability is impacted as little as possible.
Trials can go for months, and it ends up being basically a full time job. If you want people to make impartial and rational decisions, they must have the capacity to do so.
It is a good start but I would amend it to indicate delete the reference to getting paid by the employer.
The person will no doubt have to pay for parking, $20 – $30 in all likelihood. They may also have to pay for lunch, say $15, last they may arrive home later than usual so maybe takeout at $20. The $120 quickly becomes $65 – $75, little enough compensation for a lot more anxiety.